lisa thornton, kelly wallace. when is it okay to cry in front of your kids?understand when it's not okay to cry. when is it not okay to show emotion in front of your kids? i think the issue is that you need to make understand that their world is not falling apart. >> yes. >> because they can take that and figure, what's happening? what's wrong with mommy? but when your kids are older, there's no problem with showing them that, you know what? i hurt a little bit. i'm going to be okay. but this is how i'm feeling. you don't want them to have a weird thing about emotions. >> exactly. also you want kids to know that you can cry in good things and bad. i was sick in december it and couldn't travel with my family to israel. i'm saying good by ining good- i'm crying and my 6 is it-year-old is saying why are you crying? i said i'm sad i'm not with you but i'm so excited for you. >> i think it depends. if it's a big marital spat, that's scary for a kid. you can draw them into conversations that they're not ready for. i remember walking into a bathroom and my expensive

. >> reporter: ivillage chief correspondent kelly wallace covers michelle obama. >> she is obviouslyo add other issues to her plate. i wouldn't be surprised if you hear her talking more about work/life balance. >> reporter: no matter what the first lady's new agenda holds, advisers say the role of mom-in-chief will always be her top priority. >> every day, i hope that i'm doing right by my girls. every day. >> reporter: malia is now 14 and sasha, 11. that means college applications and all the challenges that lie ahead. >> as i get a little bit older and as i have now so adjusted to washington, i think that frees her up a little bit more to spend more time on the initiative she is cares about, but she will never take her eyes off the two of them. >> reporter: kristen welker, nbc news, the white house. >>> we will be right back with some echoes of the past playing out here in washington tomorrow. >>> finally tonight, layer upon layer of history will unfold here tomorroas we inaugurate a president and observe the holiday, honoring the memory of dr. martin luther king, jr. but there wil

. >> reporter: ivillage chief correspondent kelly wallace covers michelle obama. >> she is obviously add other issues to her play. i wouldn't be surprised if you hear her talking more about work/life balance. >> reporter: no matter what the first lady's agenda holds, advisers say the role of mom and chief will always be her top priority. >> every day, i hope that i'm doing right by my girls. every day. >> reporter: malia is now 14 and sasha, 11. that means college applications and all the challenges that lie ahead. >> as i get a little bit older and as i have now adjusted to washington, i think that frees her up a little bit more to spend more time on the initiative she is cares about but she will never take her eyes off the two of them. >> reporter: kristen welker, nbc news, the white house. >>> we will be right back with some echoes of the past playing out here in washington tomorrow. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business cha

joining me now is kelly wallace, chief correspondent of ivillage. ersonal look inside her life in an exclusive interview for ivillage. and teresa wilts, deputy editor of "essence" magazine. they recently published a special issue salute to the first lady. thank you both for being here. >> great to be here. >> thanks for having me. >> kelly, these children seem very grounded. you spent time with the first lady. how does she do it? >> part of it is she treats them and tries to give them as normal a life as possible. they have to do their laundry. they have to clean their bathrooms. they have to do chores around the house. then she makes time for sleepovers, for homecoming, going to the movies. all the average things kids do. she even calls up friends and say are they okay? are they the same? she wants to make sure the white house experience isn't changing them. everyone says they're the same great girls. >> now, teresa, when you look at this picture of the president and his daughters watching the first lady giving her speech at the democratic conventio

helping us navigate some sticky family affairs, darlene rodriguez, anchor at wnbc here in new york, kelly wallace ivillage, rachel campos, political pundit and dr. taylor is a psychologist. good morning, ladies. i thought about this a lot last night. al just said something. you know, when someone is overweight, guess what, they know it. so when you're dealing with your spouse, when is it okay to tell your spouse they need to lose weight? darlene? >> i think it depends how you say it. >> really? how you say it? give me an example of how you present this. >> what you don't want to say is that -- what you could say is that we need to eat healthier, we need to shed a few pounds and adopt a healthy lifestyle and we could do that together. >> i tell my husband he needs to lose weight. frankly, if you look at the life span of married men, they're healthier than single men. i think it's because they have wives who take care of them. >> that's true. >> i think it's context, too. you could have an argument and say you need to take out the trash and you've gained too much weight. >> that's just abuse. >> it

from harper bazaar, kelly wallace.wu at an inaugural ball. jason, we heard him earlier say, he was shocked that she chose once again to wear his design. does it shock the fashion world as much? >> it totally shocked the fashion world. why should it shock us? it's a comfort zone. he dresses her beautifully. he has that key look that we all know and love, the white gown, hugely successful the first time around. and this great puff of color from last night. he was as surprised as everyone else. i think with her shocking choice of thom browne for the daytime look -- >> a men's wear designer that not a lot of people new. >> honestly he is very sort of insider in a way. i think that was a huge, huge hit. and the idea of accessorizing that with that little belt, which is her signature item. she loved the belt. >> from j. crew. >> a look that did not crease, looked fabulous all throughout the whole day, from the church service right to the very end. fabulous choices both times. >> what does it do for a designer like thom brown

kelly ayotte and blumenthal talk to chris wallace. make it a great day. >> jamie: a fox news alert. serious warnings, we are not kidding. the flu surpluses t-- surpasses the threshold. i hope you're feeling well. >> kelly: i'm kelly wright. we welcome you, latest figures for the seniors for disease control showing 20 children have died so far and 47 states looking at the rap right there are reporting widespread influenza outbreaks. only california, mississippi and hawaii have been spared so far, but those numbers may lag a couple of weeks behind. >> jamie: yeah, and the numbers are pretty startling. we've recently learned now 27 people dead in minnesota, 22 in pennsylvania, 18 in massachusetts, 8 in oklahoma, 6 in illinois. anna kooiman in the new york city news room with the latest. >> reporter: new york state governor andrew cuomo declaring a state wide emergency, and encouraged everyone to get the flu vaccine. officials say supplies are running low in some places, but the vaccine is still available. nearly 130 million doses of flu vaccine have been distributed and 112 million have

at 2:00 p.m., fox's sunday, chris wallace with richard blumenthal, the connecticut democrat, and kelly ayotte, a new hampshire republican. cnn kos "state of the union" follows at 3:00 p.m.. david keene, president of the nra, and chris murphy of connecticut, and joe manchin of west virginia. at four o'clock, "face the nation" will bring john mccain and john manchin of west -- west virginia. also, stanley, crystal. -- retired general stanley crystal. finally at 4:00 eastern, "face the nation" from cbs. you can listen to the mall and c-span rio, on a 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. rate -- washington, d.c. area. you can also listen on your smartphone or go online to c- span.org teo .org -- cspanradio.org. >> hopkins could read the president's new unlike anybody else. he came as close as anyone to be in evidence in to what robert sherwood would call roosevelts heavily forested interior. heavily forested interior. he went to be still in the presence of the president. went to press him. when to back off and to the joke. after he local election, wendell willkie was in his office, and they rem